This Is The News 8.9.01

August 09, 2001

Last installment we reported about the new stuff that Emerica helped build at the Volcano spot in Brooklyn. Sad news, the city tore down the concrete stuff at N7 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn the same week we first reported on it. Rumor has it that some of the local kids build two kicker ramps there and are trying to make things to skate again.

In good news a Brooklyn skatepark is set to open the end of august. The parks department let the 5boro crew test it out last week, and the report is super smooth.

Tony Hawk will be a celebrity contestant on ABC’s “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” along with such sports icons as John Elway, Jeff Gordon, and Serena Williams. The show, filmed in late July, will air the week of Sept. 10. Tony’s winnings will go to the newly formed Tony Hawk Foundation, which promotes the construction of public skateparks nationwide. **If you’re in the New York City area and want to be a member of the audience, call 212-316-1006. Go Tony we need more parks!

411, éS Footwear and Girl Skateboards are giving away an Eric Koston prize package consisting of three pairs of shoes, three decks, three videos and more. It’s the KOSTON THREEPEAT CONTEST and all you’ve got to do to enter is sign up for the 411 e-mail list at 411vm.com. The draw date is September 9th.

Issue 47 of 411 Video Magazine was just released last week. Highlights

include a day in the life with Steve Caballero, check up with James Craig, Bryan London wheels of fortune and more. 411′s Vancouver 2001 video is complete and has been released.

Tum Yeto is now manufacturing and distributing Hollywood Skateboards. Hollywood is the brainchild of mastermind Kris Markovich. Kris will continue to ride pro for Foundation as he directs the new. Kris has been able to mix the addiction of Hollywood with the rawness of his skating. Joining the Hollywood team are of Dorian Tucker, Kevin Stabb, Don “the Nuge” Nguyen and Richie Belton. Look for Hollywood’s debut in the new fall catalog.

DC flow team rider Jason Ellis leaped into the Guinness Book of World Records with an official jump of 28′ into a quarter pipe. Jason slammed repeatedly onto the quarter pipe trying to break his unofficial record of 25′ feet. Finally, on his sixth attempt, Jason jumped successfully off the ten foot scaffolding extension and into the 18′ quarter pipe and rolled away clean.

Bam Margera’s CKY3 is coming down the tubes and should be out soon.

We made a mistake: the Element Skatecamp session is actually from August 31stntil September 3rd.

Danny Renaud is am for Habitat.

Nadia Footwear has signed Henry Sanchez .

Henry Sanchez and Marcus Mcbride both ride for Lucky Skateboards . It’s an extension of the Lucky Bearing Company .

Danny Supa and Fabrizio Santos have been added to the Monkey Business team.

Monkey Stix, a new board company owned and distributed by Monkey Business, will have new product out in early September. The first pro on the team is Enrique Lorenzo. Look for a video with all Monkey business brands early September as well.

Through “actual skateboarder” connections 5boro got a kid in a Raisin Bran commercial to wear one of their shirts. Steve Rodriguez has been getting 1000 e-mails a day about it. In other 5boro news, the team is over in the UK doing demos and will be going to Japan in September (Suski, Pensyl, Shetler, Maready)

Accel has some new pro series wheels arriving in September. The cat’s that got’em are Danny “mondooks” Montoya, Steffan “the Italian stallion” Attardo, Rob “G” Gonzalez, Salman “the Sheik” Agah, and Mr. Happy pants himself Stacy “mad pop” Lowery. The Salman’s, will be part of the last series and be bright green. The other 4 dudes wheel graphics, will pay tribute to the country that their family came from. They also made a new mix of our same urethane for skate parks. They are just a tad softer for getting some grip out of those slick parks. The 58mm

will have Jesse “The Frizz” Fritsch’s signature and the 60mm will have Brian “Howie slide” Howard’s.

Mike Vallely is working on a new video for Holiday release. He was recently in Finland, Russia, Alaska, and Germany filming segments. Stand Strong will be available on DVD very soon with plenty of bonus material that was not in the video. The new addition to the Vallely family, Lucinda Jane Vallely is due to be born in mid-September.

Is Salman Agah moving to Huntington Beach?

Chet Childress said he’s getting in his car and heading across the nation, hitting all the parks he can. If the park is good he’ll stay a while. If you know some good parks or some chicks Chet can stay with let me know. Chet says he plans on making it to Colorado for the “Concrete Challenge” in Aug. He said he should be out here “CA” for ASR. Chet also hosted his first skate camp at his new local park in Wilmington, NC.

Mikey Taylor got on Es shoes.

The long awaited Alaska Tour featuring Mike Vallely, Kristian Svitak, and Jason Adams was awesome. Accompanying the tour was TWS photographer and SkateBiz editor Miki Vuckovich, Bluetorch filmers Dave Bergthold and Brian Oliver and Alaskan ripper Joshua Rayburn. Loads of footage was collected so look for that on Bluetorch soon.

All former Rhythm riders now work for Planet Earth skateboards.

The PE video, FORE AND FRIENDS is complete and premiered Aug 3 at the La Paloma Theater in Encinitas, CA. The Planet Earth team will also be premiering the video at the Skatepark of Tampa on Aug 10.

The Adio team is currently on a 7 city filming mission in the Pacific

Northwest. The video ONE STEP BEYOND will premier on Sept.6 in San Diego.

The DVD version of Art Bars: Subtitles and Seagulls is now available. The DVD also contains the summer 2000 tour video, “The Good Times are Killing Me”, a horror film short by F pro rider Jon West, bonus footage, out takes, photo gallery, industry section and clips from all the Foundation videos ever made in Foundation video library.

The Foundation Chaos tour is planned and on lock down. The F Team will be creating chaos and spreading the FOSKCO word through out the southwest, down through the dirty south, up along the east coast then hitting the mid west on the high road home. Josh Beagle, Tod Swank, Kris Markovich, Charlie Thomas and Sean Cronan are along for some dates of the gnarl! Check out www.TumYeto.com for exact dates and locations. Do it now!

New pro Daniel Shimizu fractured his wrist while out in the foreign lands of Europe. Living up to the pro status and breaking himself off. Don’t worry, he’ll be healed and in full effect for the once in a lifetime line-up of Foundation’s Chaos Tour.

In Toy Machine news: Brian Anderson and Brad Staba are rocking a US Savier tour right now. Elissa Steamer has been hanging with Maldonado and throwing down mad hammers filming. Austin Stephens is also filming like a maniac. All for the new Toy Machine video due to be out as soon……as it’s done!

Zero’s Dying to Live 2001 summer tour featuring Jamie Thomas, Adrian Lopez, Trainwreck, Ryan Bobier, Lindsey Robertson, John Allie and John Rattray just kicked off. Look for these guys to be fiending on everything east of the Mississippi. Check out www.tumyeto.com for dates and a list of shops.

Steve Caballero played to a sold out crowd with The Faction in San Jose.

Staff from three different skate magazines were said to be in the house. He also spent a week at Woodward Skate Camp in July. Caswell Berry and Cab got together at Ripon skatepark to film for the Tilt Mode II video.

Pat Channita will be going to Japan for a couple of demos and will compete at X-Games. During the Games Pat will meet Sean M., a boy with Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (a life threatening illness) in cooperation with the Make A Wish Foundation. August 20th starts his senior year of business school. Be sure to check out his video part in Progression #5.

Moses Itkonen moved himself and RDS Clothing to Long Beach.

Andy Macdonald will be traveling to Japan with Grind King and then joining Pat Channita in Osaka for a couple of demos, on his return to the U.S he will be entering X-Games. He will also be making a trip to England/Ireland.

Javier Sarmiento is in Japan and will not be at X-Games even though he won a spot to go. He does plan on going to Gravity Games in Rhode Island. Anthony Claravall spent some time in Spain with Javier and has managed to bargain his way down from hair for a year to sporting a mohawk for three months.

Caswell Berry is keeping himself busy shooting photos with Luke Odgen and Pete Thompson. He and new Powell flow rider, Tony Manfre spent a week at Visalia Skate Camp with Bones Swiss Team Manager, Erik Olsen helping with the kids and enjoying a great time of skating.

San Diego council member Ralph Inzsuinza just approved plans to build a public skatepark in the south bay at Memorial Park. Just around the corner from Tum Yeto command headquarters. We have 30,000 sq. ft., $300,000 and 1 year to design and build it.

A new downtown Denver skatepark opened on late in July. It’s HUGE. So far they have only completed the first stage of three but it is still huge and lit till 11:00 at night. There is a clover bowl 4’5’6′, a 10 to 12 foot bowl, and a couple smaller bowls 7 or 8 feet, a snake run, a washboard, and a gigantic street course, there is even a covered gazebo with picnic table.

Micah Hollinger tore his ACL in Alaska, but not before finishing his part for the 303 video ” Who Cares?”. Editing is starting on it next month and it’ll probably premier in Sept. Everyone is busting their asses and it’s looking really good. Gordie Cousino, Jeremy Frankovis, Eric Shelley, James Frankhouse, Nelson Cariyannis, J through out the southwest, down through the dirty south, up along the east coast then hitting the mid west on the high road home. Josh Beagle, Tod Swank, Kris Markovich, Charlie Thomas and Sean Cronan are along for some dates of the gnarl! Check out www.TumYeto.com for exact dates and locations. Do it now!

New pro Daniel Shimizu fractured his wrist while out in the foreign lands of Europe. Living up to the pro status and breaking himself off. Don’t worry, he’ll be healed and in full effect for the once in a lifetime line-up of Foundation’s Chaos Tour.

In Toy Machine news: Brian Anderson and Brad Staba are rocking a US Savier tour right now. Elissa Steamer has been hanging with Maldonado and throwing down mad hammers filming. Austin Stephens is also filming like a maniac. All for the new Toy Machine video due to be out as soon……as it’s done!

Zero’s Dying to Live 2001 summer tour featuring Jamie Thomas, Adrian Lopez, Trainwreck, Ryan Bobier, Lindsey Robertson, John Allie and John Rattray just kicked off. Look for these guys to be fiending on everything east of the Mississippi. Check out www.tumyeto.com for dates and a list of shops.

Steve Caballero played to a sold out crowd with The Faction in San Jose.

Staff from three different skate magazines were said to be in the house. He also spent a week at Woodward Skate Camp in July. Caswell Berry and Cab got together at Ripon skatepark to film for the Tilt Mode II video.

Pat Channita will be going to Japan for a couple of demos and will compete at X-Games. During the Games Pat will meet Sean M., a boy with Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (a life threatening illness) in cooperation with the Make A Wish Foundation. August 20th starts his senior year of business school. Be sure to check out his video part in Progression #5.

Moses Itkonen moved himself and RDS Clothing to Long Beach.

Andy Macdonald will be traveling to Japan with Grind King and then joining Pat Channita in Osaka for a couple of demos, on his return to the U.S he will be entering X-Games. He will also be making a trip to England/Ireland.

Javier Sarmiento is in Japan and will not be at X-Games even though he won a spot to go. He does plan on going to Gravity Games in Rhode Island. Anthony Claravall spent some time in Spain with Javier and has managed to bargain his way down from hair for a year to sporting a mohawk for three months.

Caswell Berry is keeping himself busy shooting photos with Luke Odgen and Pete Thompson. He and new Powell flow rider, Tony Manfre spent a week at Visalia Skate Camp with Bones Swiss Team Manager, Erik Olsen helping with the kids and enjoying a great time of skating.

San Diego council member Ralph Inzsuinza just approved plans to build a public skatepark in the south bay at Memorial Park. Just around the corner from Tum Yeto command headquarters. We have 30,000 sq. ft., $300,000 and 1 year to design and build it.

A new downtown Denver skatepark opened on late in July. It’s HUGE. So far they have only completed the first stage of three but it is still huge and lit till 11:00 at night. There is a clover bowl 4’5’6′, a 10 to 12 foot bowl, and a couple smaller bowls 7 or 8 feet, a snake run, a washboard, and a gigantic street course, there is even a covered gazebo with picnic table.

Micah Hollinger tore his ACL in Alaska, but not before finishing his part for the 303 video ” Who Cares?”. Editing is starting on it next month and it’ll probably premier in Sept. Everyone is busting their asses and it’s looking really good. Gordie Cousino, Jeremy Frankovis, Eric Shelley, James Frankhouse, Nelson Cariyannis, Justin Shardy, Jerrod Saba, Travis La and Aaron Artis from Seattle are all having parts. Travis leaves to go on tour with Foundation on Aug. 7th.

The “CLICHé RAIL” is still working super good. You will be seeing pictures or footage soon. The Cliché team recently arrived home from France, Switzerland, Germany, and Poland. Mike O’Meally was along for the ride.

A kid in the small town of Lindsay, Ontario, Canada has been ticketed numerous times for skating. The last time the judge banned him from having a skateboard for 2 months. He was caught again last week and the prosecutor has already informed the 16 year old’s parents that they are going for the following:

$5000.00 fine

2 years probation

3 year drivers license suspension

No ownership of a skateboard for at least 2 years

If you find yourself traveling in Ontario, don’t spend any money in the town of Lindsay.

Geoff Rowley and Rune Glifberg took home victories at World War III this past weekend in Huntington Beach.

Under the shadows of the Brooklyn Bridge, fifteen-year old

Vanessa Torres won her second All Girl Skate Jam event. The event took place Sunday, July 22nd at New York’s South Street Seaport. Torres’ solid noseslide on the ledge and kickflip off the bank over the barricade fencing landed her $1,200 and a new Chorus Snowboard for her win in the pro division. Lauren Mollica, Sasha LaRochelle, Lindsi Thompson, and Carolyn Kunkel placed second through fifth respectively.

The Beast of The East contest was smaller than usual but it was non-stop

serious skating.

Mass Skate Co – Westfield, MA – July 14, 2001

Beast of The East

Sponsored Results

1stConer Fay

2ndBen Allen

3rdPeter Deller

s, Justin Shardy, Jerrod Saba, Travis La and Aaron Artis from Seattle are all having parts. Travis leaves to go on tour with Foundation on Aug. 7th.

The “CLICHé RAIL” is still working super good. You will be seeing pictures or footage soon. The Cliché team recently arrived home from France, Switzerland, Germany, and Poland. Mike O’Meally was along for the ride.

A kid in the small town of Lindsay, Ontario, Canada has been ticketed numerous times for skating. The last time the judge banned him from having a skateboard for 2 months. He was caught again last week and the prosecutor has already informed the 16 year old’s parents that they are going for the following:

$5000.00 fine

2 years probation

3 year drivers license suspension

No ownership of a skateboard for at least 2 years

If you find yourself traveling in Ontario, don’t spend any money in the town of Lindsay.

Geoff Rowley and Rune Glifberg took home victories at World War III this past weekend in Huntington Beach.

Under the shadows of the Brooklyn Bridge, fifteen-year old

Vanessa Torres won her second All Girl Skate Jam< event. The event took place Sunday, July 22nd at New York’s South Street Seaport. Torres’ solid noseslide on the ledge and kickflip off the bank over the barricade fencing landed her $1,200 and a new Chorus Snowboard for her win in the pro division. Lauren Mollica, Sasha LaRochelle, Lindsi Thompson, and Carolyn Kunkel placed second through fifth respectively.